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This month, a reader shares how to get the recycling message across to a younger audience.
Subject: Congratulatilons on conservation successes
In the last e-newsletter of Nature Canada you reported three success stories (Marine Conservation Area on shores of Lake Superior; the B.C. government's protection of mountain caribou; and the temporary protection from industrial development of 10 million hectares of boreal forest) and called for action to stop the Mackenzie gas project.
Congratulation on the success stories. It's good to know that once in a while public action helps to keep things on the rails. I most certainly agree that the Mackenzie Gas project must be stopped. I hope we succeed.
Thank for your work and for the updates in the newsletters. Count on my continued support.
Steve Gahbauer, member.
Thanks Steve! Did you miss these conservation stories last month? Here are links to catch up on the great news:
World's Largest Freshwater National Marine Conservation Area Created
Ten Million Hectares Set Aside in Northwest Territories
BC Government to Protect Mountain Caribou
Subject: Lake Superior the first national marine conservation area?
It's great news about the protection of so much of Lake Superior, but it's not Canada's first national marine park. Surely you must be aware that the Saguenay-St-Lawrence National Park is a marine park that has been around since 1998? The marine environment of the park is under federal jurisdiction since the Saguenay is a navigable river, and the terrestrial part of the park is provincial. A good example of federal-provincial cooperation, for Canadians who think it doesn't happen here in Quebec!
Thanks
Kathie McClintock
Regarding your question about previous protected marine areas, you’re right, there are a couple of pre-existing sites, but with slightly different definitions.
There are currently two other sites created and managed by Parks Canada: Fathom Five National Marine Park in Georgian Bay, Ontario, and Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park in Quebec. The Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area is destined to be the first to receive official designation as a “national marine conservation area” (as opposed to a “marine park”) under the five-year-old Marine Conservation Areas Act. Either way, it’s terrific to get more natural space set aside like this!
Subject: Donating photos to Nature Canada
I am interested in submitting photographs to your organization, how would a person go about doing so?
Many thanks,
Maria Erman
Hello Maria,
Thank you very much for offering to donate photographs to Nature Canada! We do welcome photo submissions, which we use in a number of ways:
On our web site
In our e-newsletter
Free e-cards
Program brochures
One photo is selected each month to be our Photo of the Month, and featured on our web site
We do include the photographer’s name when we use a photo, if he/she requests it. It’s easy to submit. You can email photos to csutton@naturecanada.ca. If you’re thinking of submitting several photos, and they’re greater than 2MB, please try to send your photos in more than one email (though there is a limit to how large a single email can be, you can send as many emails as you like). JPEG is the preferred format.
You can also send a CD if you prefer, to:
Nature Canada
c/o Chris Sutton, Communications Manager
85 Albert St. Suite 900
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1P 6A4
We really appreciate it when people send in their photos. As a charity, we do not always have funds to pay for images; as nature enthusiasts, we just like seeing beautiful nature photos. So thank you!
Questions? Comments? Send your letters to Nature Canada at info@naturecanada.ca.
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